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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Verb Phrase 157. The verb phrase today is

  • blow in and we got our three meanings today of "blow in." All right. Let's look at the

  • first one here. If someone blows in, he or she arrives

  • somewhere suddenly. So we, we do have this use. So let's take a look at it. We have

  • two examples for this one. Look at who just blew in the door. Long time, no see.

  • Yeah. We could say somebody just blew in. They just came in suddenly. They entered

  • suddenly. So you might say it as a joke. Like to a friend. Look who blew in the door.

  • Look who's here. That's the way we use it. Or number two. I

  • just blew into town today and I figured I would give you a call. So you just

  • suddenly arrived. Maybe there was no big plan for it. You just suddenly came. So

  • you blew in. So a person can blow in, in this sense. Okay. Now let's look at the

  • second one here. We say if something blows in, it is carried somewhere by air

  • or by the wind basically. All right. And we have a ... I

  • guess we got two examples for this one too. That stench

  • so a stench is like a bad smell. That stench from that stinky tofu stand blew

  • into my window. Yeah. So you know, in Asia sometimes they might have stinky tofu

  • that's fermented tofu in it. At least to a foreigner sometimes that is a bad smell

  • But you know, just like you know in the West garlic ... I like garlic a lot but some

  • people think it has a really bad smell. If somebody's cooking it. So same thing

  • in Asia. There's a lot of people that like it. They may smell stinky tofu go

  • mmm delicious, if you like it . But if you don't like it you like oh my God that

  • smell ! So we could say that we could say a smell or an odor could blow it or blow

  • in your window so we mean it in that sense. All right. Let's look at number two

  • here. We can say my neighbors leaves blew in my yard or into my yard.

  • You could use either both. Blow in or into . Yeah. So maybe a lot of leaves from his trees

  • and they you know maybe you cleaned up all the leaves in front of your house

  • but he didn't it. And maybe it was a windy day and the wind carried some of the leaves

  • from his yard which he didn't clean. Now suddenly they're in your yard again.

  • After you just cleaned it all up. So you could think that they blew into your yard.

  • Okay. Good. Well blew in your yard. Number three here . If someone blows in or into

  • so we could use it both ways here, he or she blows or expels air in something. You

  • know, so from your mouth. You (a blowing sound) you're blowing into something. So we have three

  • examples for this one. That policeman told him to blow into a Breathalyzer. You

  • know, so if they were doing a spot check on cars and they were checking to see if

  • somebody was you know, drinking and driving. They might tell you or if they

  • stopped you on the road and maybe he smelled some alcohol the policeman may

  • tell you to blow in a Breathalyzer. That's the device. That's the machine. So

  • you blow in or you blow into it. All right. And the second one here. I blew warm air

  • in my hands to warm them up. Yeah if you're in a cold place or a cold country

  • sometimes people do this in the wintertime their hands are really cold (blowing sounds)

  • They'll blow on them to warm them up a little bit or they'll blow. Yeah. All right

  • and number three here. You need to blow more air in that balloon. It is not big

  • enough. So somebody might say that. So you, you blow or you expel air from your

  • mouth. You're blowing into something . Okay. Anyway I hope you got it. I hope it was clear. I

  • hope you enjoyed it. Thank you for your time.

  • Bye-bye.

Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Verb Phrase 157. The verb phrase today is

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英語導師Nick P動詞短語(157) Blow in (English Tutor Nick P Verb Phrase (157) Blow in)

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    anitawu12 posted on 2021/01/14
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